YEREVAN, July 21. /ARKA/. A raspberry festival will be held Saturday in Armenia’s Syunik province with World Vision Armenia's support.

The festival is in its second year. The fist festival was held in 2016 in Aragatsotn province on the flank of Mount Aragats.

Tamara Barbakadze, World Vision Armenia project manager in Aragatsotn province, told Novosti-Armenia that climate and human resources factor for growing raspberry are very favorable in Syunik, just as in Aragatsotn.  

She said that the organization embarked on creating of farmer groups for growing raspberries in Aparan, Aragatsotn province, yet two years ago, and now there are five such groups made up of ten farmers each.    

Each of the groups grows around 130 tons of raspberries every year. This is 20 to 30 tons more than before.

Barbakadze said that the organization doesn't finance farms, since it wants them to manage their crops and their business independently.  

«First of all, we help them to establish ties with purchasers and other donor organizations,» she said. -0–